IPL Number Cruncher: All the stats from KKR vs RCB

Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore which took place on Thursday night. - Sunil Narine became the first Kolkata bowler to register two four-wicket hauls vs Bangalore in IPL – 4 for 22 at Ranchi on May 12, 2013 and 4 for 20 at Kolkata on May 22, 2014. - Narine (20 at 15.60 runs apiece in 13 games) became the second bowler to complete 20 wickets in IPL 2014. Bhuvneshwar has bagged 20 at 14.80 in 13 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad. [caption id=“attachment_1538011” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Morne Morkel. BCCI[/caption] - Narine has captured 66 wickets (ave. 14.93) in 44 matches – the most by a Kolkata bowler in IPL. He is the only bowler to register five four-wicket instances besides a five-wicket haul in the IPL. - Kolkata have become the third team to record eight or more victories in the IPL 2014, joining Punjab (nine) and Chennai (eight). - With a magnificent win, their sixth in a row, Kolkata Knight Riders have qualified for the playoffs. - Kolkata have equalled their best winning streak in the IPL. Between April 18, 2012 and May 7, 2012, they had won six in a row. - Kolkata (195/4) have registered their fourth highest total in the IPL - their highest is 222 for three against RCB at Bangalore on April 18, 2008. - Robin Uthappa became the first batsman to post eight innings of 40 or more in succession in IPL. His match-winning unbeaten 83 off 51 balls is his highest score in the IPL. - Uthappa’s 20th fifty in Twenty20 is his 13th in IPL. He has got his second Man of the Match award in the IPL. - Uthappa became the second batsman after Glenn Maxwell (533) to complete 500 runs or more in IPL 2014. He has become the top run-getter in the present competition. - Uthappa has become the second batsman after Gautam Gambhir (590 at 36.87 in 17 games in 2012) to amass 500 runs or more in an IPL season for Kolkata Knight Riders. In all, twenty four instances have been registered when a batsman has amassed 500 runs or more in an IPL season. - Uthappa’s aggregate of 572 (ave. 47.66) in thirteen matches is the highest in the IPL 2014. - Uthappa became the third batsman to record five fifties in the present tournament. Dwayne Smith and David Warner are the first two. - Shakib Al Hasan (60 off 38 balls) has got his first fifty for Kolkata in IPL 2014. - Yuzvendra Singh Chahal has conceded 50 runs in his four-over spell, without taking a wicket, including 24 in an over. - Uthappa and Shakib were associated in a stand of 121 - Kolkata’s highest fourth-wicket partnership in the IPL. The said century stand is their first for the fourth wicket in the IPL apart from their highest for any wicket against RCB in the IPL. - The 121-run stand is Kolkata’s highest for any wicket at Eden Garden, Kolkata in the IPL, eclipsing the 113 for the first wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum vs Pune Warriors on May 5, 2012. - Yogesh Vijay Takawale (45) has posted his highest score in IPL. PTI